Congratulations to Darlene Ryan, principal of Glenwood Elementary School – winner of Principal of the Year honors from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools!
Ryan was honored in a surprise announcement Friday morning. She’s served as principal at Glenwood since 2010.
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CHCCS Board Gets Update on Glenwood Mandarin Magnet
A committee tasked with exploring options for the future of Glenwood Elementary School’s Mandarin Dual Language magnet program presented an update on their work to the Chapel Hill – Carrboro Board of Education last week. The Mandarin Magnet Implementation Committee is still in its early stages. After being created in December, they held two meetings […]

CHCCS Votes to Transition Glenwood Elementary to Mandarin Dual-Language Magnet School
The Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools Board of Education voted last Thursday to create a schoolwide magnet concept for the Mandarin Dual Language program at Glenwood Elementary School. The dual-language program has been operating along with traditional-track students at Glenwood since 2002, which has led to overcrowding issues at what officials said was the […]

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Speaking of Schools: CHCCS Board Chair Riza Jenkins
Chair of the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools Board of Education Riza Jenkins spoke with 97.9 The Hill's Andrew Stuckey on Tuesday, January 20. She discussed latest meeting of the board, which outlined the process for closing a school within a district, and a presentation on the enrollment and budget data that led to that discussion. She also discussed a couple of recent policy changes that have feedback coming in: the cellphone policy and the change to a block schedule at the secondary level. Andy Jenks also joined to talk about inclement weather procedures and more.

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